Dr. Maureen Raffensperger, professor emerita, pins 2023 physical therapist assistant graduate Kennedie Kieffer during a May 2023 ceremony. All 14 of the PTA graduates who took the national board exam in 2023 passed on their first attempt. Sept. 27, 2023--All 14 students who graduated from the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program at Missouri [...]
Laura Nold, assistant professor of nursing at Missouri Western State University, recently received a scholarship from the Mosaic Life Care Foundation. The 2023 Lowell C. Kruse Healthy Choices. Healthy Lives. Scholarship provides financial assistance to a first-year, full-time graduate student studying in areas leading to improved quality of life for the residents of the Mosaic [...]
Aug. 31, 2023--Pam Klaus, director of the Center for Franchise Development at Missouri Western State University, is a new member of the Missouri FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Foundation Board. Klaus is the advisor to the Missouri Western FBLA chapter and has led students at state and national leadership conferences. She is a graduate [...]
July 28, 2023--The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association has announced the names of those who will be honored at the annual Alumni Award Banquet on Sept. 29 during Homecoming Week. For more information and to purchase tickets to the banquet, visit griff.vn/AlumHC. Honorees are: Distinguished Alumni Awards The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest [...]
Michael Rader, Seth Hogue and Madi Taylor (l-r) at the 2023 FBLA Collegiate National Leadership Conference. July 24, 2023—Students from Missouri Western State University won top prizes at the 2023 Collegiate National Leadership Conference of Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. (FBLA), the nation’s largest Career and Technical Student Organization focused solely on [...]
Jun 6, 2023--Ms. Amanda Albrecht will be the next dean of the College of Business and Professional Studies at Missouri Western State University, effective Aug. 14, 2023. Ms. Albrecht is currently serving as the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Academics for the College of Engineering & Applied Science and is an Associate Professor Educator of Construction [...]
June 5, 2023--The Missouri Western State University Regional Law Enforcement Academy will hold graduation ceremonies for Class No. 59 and Class No. 60 at 6 p.m. Friday, June 9, in the Fulkerson Center on the Missouri Western campus. A brief reception will follow in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt 214-216. The event is free and [...]
June 2, 2023--Jakob Grimm, a 2023 graduate of the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, was awarded a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory franchise in the latest competition sponsored by Missouri Western’s Center for Franchise Development. Left to right: Steven L. Craig; Pam Klaus, Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Jakob Grimm, Robert Sarlls, and [...]
Lonnie Bishop May 23, 2023–A veteran of the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department will lead Missouri Western State University’s Law Enforcement Academy. Lonnie Bishop will begin his duties as commander of the LEA on June 16. “The Law Enforcement Academy is an important way that we serve the region, training the people who keep [...]
Sophie Wellinghoff presents at CALHE 2023. May 5, 2023--Missouri Western State University education students this semester presented at a national conference, judged a science fair and promoted STEM. CALHE At the national Conference of Applied Learning in Higher Education (CAHLE) at Missouri Western in March, five current and past students from Dr. Ollie [...]
